BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Four former Angola Prison supervisory correctional officers were sentenced Thursday for assaulting a shackled and handcuffed inmate who was not resisting. The officers, 43 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The ACLU of Louisiana demands transparency, including the release of video footage, as the death of a 37-year-old Angola Prison inmate is being investigated. The ...

Ian Cazenave was an inmate at Louisiana State Penitentiary, more commonly known as Angola, when one day, he felt an intense stabbing pain in his back, stomach and knees. Cazenave was born with sickle ...

The gospel music flickers into range around mile 17 on the Tunica Trace, a trail formerly used by the Tunica Native American tribe paved into a 20-mile highway in West Feliciana Parish. As hundreds of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each year, the Louisiana State Penitentiary holds its Angola Prison Rodeo, which has been hosted annually since 1965. The rodeo ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — For the first time ever, a dance involving inmates and their daughters took place inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary. 29 inmates participated in the dance ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Authorities are investigating after a Lafayette inmate’s death at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on Saturday. According to the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s ...

Retired Chaplain Nolan Fontenot was honored by fellow pastors and current and former inmates Dec. 13 at an event held at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. At the banquet, Fontenot was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The ACLU of Louisiana demands transparency, including the release of video footage, as the ...

The gospel music flickers into range around mile 17 on the Tunica Trace, a trail formerly used by the Tunica Native American tribe paved into a 20-mile highway in West Feliciana Parish. As hundreds of ...